The Best and Worst Pokemon Mega Evolutions

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[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Who is your favorite Mega? (you cant say Charizard)

[@jcg7609]

Rayqauza

[@liannabunny7775]

Tbh I dunno… maybe Lucario or Latios? I also love Metagross. I only really like Latios because of Soaring

[@bvd_vlvd]

Ampharos by far lmao

[@kaiba1656]

Sorry not sorry, but Charizard X

[@shadowrose1859]

Lucario easy

[@Jlaps941]

Gen 5 Blaziken: “Wanna see me get banned to Ubers?” Mega Blaziken: “Wanna see me do it again?”

[@robertlupa8273]

fun fact: regular Blaziken was actually better than its Mega most of the time because it already had Speed Boost and could hit harder with Life Orb (and let you use a different mega)

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Mega's can range from the living war crime that is Rayquaza to the other ones like Audino to the real improvements like Beedrill and Mawile

[@barrelbobcat9104]

I recently caught a shiny kakuna while replaying let’s go and went from disappointed to ecstatic in a moments notice when I realized his evolution could mega in these games. Such an underrated mega

[@Trashtox]

I’d say mawile is more of a war crime,but other then that yes

[@Serperior1212]

Serperior fan

[@ShayTheValiant]

Mega Absol should have been Dark/Fairy instead of staying pure Dark. Like come on, it's an angel of death. It could have been the first one before the Grimmsnarl line.

[@LaySuperMarioLover]

That's a really nice addition you made there, Shay! Absol is one of my personal favorite Hoenn Pokémon, and a Dark/Fairy Mega could indeed be really awesome!

[@ikeeneye]

Mega absol should have been a normal evolution, not a mega lol.

[@ShayTheValiant]

@@ikeeneye I feel like Absol didn't need neither an evolution nor a Mega evolution. It just needs its Mega's stats.

[@memeshort7189]

🥴Mega Absol 😳

[@joopvanhedel1372]

Slowbro has a design that you can change in so many ways. Put the Shellder at his head and you have a Cross gene evolution. Put it on his hand and you have a regional variant. Let the Shellder eat it completely and you have a mega evolution. You know what a cool idea for a regional variant, a pirate design with Shellder as a wooden leg

[@RolfeSenpai]

My only issue with the Slowbro/Slowking like is that the Pokemon biting him is very clearly NOT a Shellder lol.

[@joopvanhedel1372]

@@RolfeSenpai Actually it is a Shellder. The Shellder on Slowking's galarian form, for example, is the one in control. That's why in the Journeys anime when the Shellder got stuck to Ash and Goh's heads, Shellder could control their bodies. Too many filler episodes I know

[@RolfeSenpai]

@@joopvanhedel1372 Oh I know that it is in terms of lore, I just mean the design is clearly not Shellder’s lol.

[@pussmagic1541]

​@@RolfeSenpaiThat was indeed a Pokemon that WAS supposed to be in Generation 2 known as Turban, but it got scrapped for some reason.

[@originotsutsuki]

@@RolfeSenpai thats cuz its an version thats eating goodat all times

[@UmbraStarWolf]

Mega Manectric IS tacky and goofy looking imo

[@rockinslugz]

Big agree, I personally dislike it

[@ishthewall1915]

Did we find the mega manectric hate club, because I want in

[@TheSh4dowgale]

Agreed.

[@Katelizaj]

Same and shrimp gyrados

[@megametexe5129]

My girlfriend and I have a running joke Whare we refer to it as mega sad dog. Because ingame (especially from the front) it looks like a dog wearing a ridiculous costume while also looking pretty embarrassed to be seen there. And thus you have mega sad dog. He just wants to go home & forget about this whole battle

[@rarikp]

'strategery' is a word i will be using every single day from this moment forward

[@MidoriNatsume]

The "You guys will be angry for this pick" joke gets old if you say it for every single section of the video.

[@henryhunter9643]

Megas started out as a cool idea. Giving love and viability to forgotten Pokemon. Then they ruined it by giving Megas to Pokemon that were already good, making the old Megas worthless again.

[@magolor152]

What makes mega Charizard X and y so scary is that because there is two possible mega evolutions, you have to guess which one the opponent will use, guessing wrong will either get you on the wrong end of a competent physical attacker and force you to take a powered up flare blitz, or you get to experience the wrath of high special attack, drought and water type coverage in the form of solar beam

[@Endershock1678]

Shoutout to the dude running Mega Zard Y and bringing a Mega Zard X plush as a mind game

[@zexalbrony4799]

Fairy-Types upon their introduction"Ha, were immune to the old OP Dragon-Type. They can't possibly stop us. Mega Rayquaza has entered the chat. Mega Rayquaza: Hello.

[@Wholesome_Dungaree-Wearer]

I think Mega Garchomp having scythe hands is ok because the point of a mega evolution is that it's reversible, it's like Garchomp is going full combat mode just temporarily

[@DeltaFluxx]

Biggest surprise of the video was hearing that the Pokémon that looks like a stock market graph is a cool design

[@spiritwyrmk8622]

The main complaint I have about megas is that they most likely locked certain pokemon from evolving... some of those megas being the perfect evolution design like mega sableye. Others have such a cool design that should retcon older ones, like mega beedrill. I could care less about competitive. Design is and will always be pokemon's main selling point

[@shadowdragun]

Mega cameprut and Mega Alakazam look dumb but Mega manectric doesn't? Come on!

[@MagusAgrippa8]

The silliness works more on Manectric than it does on the other two. It looks like a living lightning bolt now.

[@Rawla2]

Mega Lopunny, I love taking a sweet non threatening weak mon into a a fierce menace that can slap anything

[@joaquin2755]

My favorite mega Beedrill

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

solid pick 👌

[@THEWUNDERBARGAMING]

mega beedrill is so cool, because they are like the face of good mega evolution candidates given it boasts the world's strongest U-turn, sort of like mega pidgeot, who instead of being a gen 1 bird who isn't good at anything instead ranks up to using no guard to bypass accuracy checks on hurricane with 135 base special attack, or how lopunny goes from being kind of not good to being a ghost killer with scrappy and an insane speed stat.

[@rockinslugz]

My favorite mega gengar

[@user-jd5zt4of8q]

@@THEWUNDERBARGAMING Who ya gonna call - LOPUNNY!

[@Zactoshi]

Where were you on the podcast? 🥲

[@mrfleagal]

It still annoys me that mega Absol isn't dark/fairy, huge missed opportunity imo

[@Omar511gz]

Why would fairy be added onto it? Genuine question

[@doheonlee6703]

@@Omar511gzwell firstly, it gets wings. And its design actually seems elegant rather than ferocious. Secondly, it is competitively lackluster. It has good offense, but defensively it is terrible. Because of this, you would want to deal massive damage in the beginning. This Pokemon gets play rough, a rather common Fairy move in VGC (correct me if i am wrong about this). Giving it fairy type would give it a new dimension to its offense by adding STAB on play rough. Finally, we still only have ONE Fairy/Dark Pokemon line in the game (grimmsnarl line). So it would be unique to see more of this type.

[@Omar511gz]

@@doheonlee6703 Thanks for the reply. I still personally can't see it being dark/fairy, not even the wings give me that vibe so it's interesting to see people want it to be part fairy because to me, it doesn't make sense, thematically speaking

[@tktyga77]

The dragon you referenced in Mega Rayquaza's honorable mention was Shenron. Absol really did need a buff as its only good stat in base form is its Attack, although it can't be accused of having a shallow movepool by any means

[@cll27]

Shenron is so iconic

[@justinn8541]

Mega Kangaskhan was just a nightmare to fight. Still a good mega design.

[@GameFreakSucks]

I just wished the mother changed too

[@samcortez420]

Not with my Cofagrigus. Infestation plus will o wisp. She ain't going nowhere.

[@tomnorton4277]

I disagree on Alakazam and it's actually because of the reasoning you gave for Gyarados. Keep regular Alakazam (preferably with Magic Guard) on the field until you're facing a Pokemon with an Ability that you can use to your advantage. Intimidate is the most obvious example but that's not even scratching the surface. Being able to choose which Ability to Trace without being reliant on which Pokemon it switches into turns Mega Alakazam into arguably the most versatile Mega if you know how to use it correctly.

[@sparktaylor8489]

There's something real funny about jpr posting his mega evolution video mere days after he missed the podcast where they ranked every single mega.

[@drewbernert7050]

“Mega Charizard X is a mixed attacker” tough claws + dragon dance entered the chat

[@originotsutsuki]

haha what mix just spam flare blitz

[@alisinanorouzi]

Imo , mega charizard x has a cooler design while y is way more practical in competitive , but my fave is sceptile , lucario and zard x

[@sirotes8451]

Mans went full George W. Bush with the "strategery".

[@taylorallen1026]

Gamefreak really just made the best mechanic just to throw it away.

[@cannabishornliu6119]

Megas are beloved for a reason but they were far from being the best mechanic. Some Megas never changed their abilities like Tyranitar or Abomasnow and the "wrong" strong Pokémon got one. It's crazy how many Pseudos and legendary Pokémon got one even though they already had base stats of (nearly) 600 or even higher. From 7 Pseudo Legendarys available in Generation 6 got 4 of them a Mega.

[@kubaignistry2910]

But... megas is the worst mechanic in entire serier

[@codemonkeyslikeme]

@@cannabishornliu6119he meant best as in coolest. But yea megabeedrill and pinsir was cool

[@ricardoribeiroprudencio7871]

My favorite... Mega Mawile is the best in every single regard.

[@codygurnick6405]

Hey bud. How mad are you gonna be when Mega Charizard Z gets announced?

[@bvd_vlvd]

Speaking of multiverses, are megas even confirmed for ZA? It could be another universe where they don't even exist. That would be hilarious, Kalos without everyone talking about mega evolution every 7 seconds. Probably would feel a little naked without them.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Considering the mega evolution symbol in the trailer, they are definitely confirmed

[@Cr1t1calMystic]

They released another trailer that literally showed mega Lucario sooo yes they are very much coming back

[@DragonTypeTrainer]

@@Cr1t1calMystic the Pokémon company has only released 1 trailer, that being the initial reveal trailer, nothing else about ZA has been shown or confirmed. Whatever you saw was fan made

[@bvd_vlvd]

@@njivwathomassilavwe2056 Who do I believe? I guess I gotta see the trailer myself 😆

[@squirestar]

He misses the pod just to upload this video 😂

[@KoolBeanz101]

The only big crime mega absol commited is that it didn't become a fairy type it would of been so perfect man

[@tiananatsumi6775]

one thing that I don't like about Mega Latias and Mega Latios is that, when they are both regular Latias and Latios, you can easily distinguish them by colors, one pink, one blue, very easy right? but when they are going megas, they are both turned into purple colored? yeah, you can still tell the differences, but way harder than their regular form.

[@TheGuardianssorrow]

I love Latios and Latias and was so dissapointed with the megas. 😭 What a crime!

[@amazingspidermew]

Just like real sharks, Garchomp was already evolutionarily perfect and adding more just made it less efficient both in design and usage. Also Shiny Gyarados with Moxie is my go-to for the Mega Big Shrimp, both so I can make that joke and because Moxie boosting makes the later mega change broken AF

[@LokienSilver]

Mega Banette has one of the coolest designs of any mega

[@Act1onJonny]

I can forgive all your hot takes, but trace is such a fun cool ability!

[@segunthepikachufan1470]

Shenron is the name of the dragon 🐉

[@wispyfox6854]

Slowbro's my favorite mega, i've always loved Slowbro and im glad you gave it the respect it deserves X)

[@RockOrso2]

Besides Charizard X, I guess Mega Blaziken is a good second since I took Torchic in when my brother stuck to Mudkip after it swept through Hoenn because GameFreak practically discontinued Water/Ground because a weakness they can solve via coverage(Ice/Poison) is bollocks.

[@Ryanwizardstaff]

Mega Abomasnow looks leaps and bounds better than Mega Manectric... Your validity for critiquing the previous "bad" megas for looking goofy went out the window when you labeled that oversized hairdo "cool."

[@thatman666]

Mega Manectric is what I considered overly designed.

[@romusa10]

Ye nah it's cool, goofy cool, but cool nonetheless

[@zinniaq3020]

I like mega abomasnow too. Sadly usefulness wise, it’s not much better than obamasnow

[@vossboss220]

Mega Alakazam losing magic guard was the nail in the coffin for it

[@_freebirdnerd]

Mega Slowbro legitimately got me back into Pokémon. It will always have a special place in my heart.

[@Unison23]

I don’t know, I’d say Latios/Latias aren’t very overpowered in ORAS. They don’t particularly stomp the gyms, all of the E4 and Champion have a type advantage over them and you get them slightly underlevelled with some okay moves. Sure you can mega evolve them as soon as you get them, but I’ve played thru both Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire without feeling they broke the game. Whereas I did feel that way with Mega Lucario in XY, seriously that boy was insanely strong!

[@nellewoodruff6337]

My fave mega blaziken with sableye as a close second

[@ethantreadway9478]

My Thoughts: 5th Worst: Instead of Alakazam they should’ve gone with Slowking or Sigilyph for a Mega, since Slowbro got one and not King or Sigilyph is just a Pokemon, to give Olympia a Mega Ace. 5th Best: I would love Mega Charizard X more if Vena and Blast got X&Y Mega’s. 4th Worst: They just wanted to give Cynthia a badass Ace which is not needed, since OG Garchomp is already badbutt. I would go with another Ground Type for this Honor. 4th Best: A great Pokemon for a Mega! Iconic, Needed a Type Change, Makes Sense, Etc… 3rd Worst: I get why they made it, but dear Arkoos, Change it’s Type and improve its design! 3rd Best: Absolutely Agree with you, one of my favorite Pokemans! 2nd Worst: ObamaSnow needed a Mega, but *CHANGE THE TYPE!* 2nd Best: My opinion changed, but if Slowking got one, than I’d love it. 1st Worst: I get it, but Why didn’t they change the Colors. 1st Best: The only Problem with this is that it’s not a Dark/Fairy Type. Mentions for my best: Beedrill, Gengar, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Sceptile, Gardevoir, Gallade, Sableye, Mawile, or Aggron, Medicham, Altaria, Lopunny.

[@InfamousTrainer]

Ahhhh he was recording this during the pod!

[@Sparkarnation]

My favorite Mega is Mega Tyranitar since Tyranitar is my favorite Psuedo Legendary

[@ysgramortheelfkiller2328]

That Kid you beat as school surely became a showdown legendary toxic spammer

[@AkatsukiKaizoku]

Honestly Mega Audino causes me sadness because god, it is an amazing design, but it has no identity other than defensive tank with no recovery, doesn't help that they kept HEALER instead of Regenerator so it means it is a strictly Doubles mega, with an ability that is already trash even for the format it is meant to be played with.

[@Blackheartgamer1]

I love Mega Audino my build was Max health with Max Defense. Draining kiss, Flamethrower, calm mind, and skill swap. caught Ferrothorn and Gliscor users.

[@skeetermania3202]

Technically it does get Wish, so it does have non-Rest recovery options.

[@pussmagic1541]

I would give her credit for getting the Fairy-Type as well. I honestly want to headcanon that Audino is pure Fairy-Type instead. I agree, she has a stunning design. If she can be buffed up, especially with her attacking stat's, then she would be a lot better.

[@lametrain9667]

I feel like the XY megas were hit or miss given that they were an experimental new mechanic at the time. ORAS overall had a creative and well-designed batch once Game Freak figured out their design philosophy. With that in mind, I’m excited to see how Legends ZA further improves on megas.

[@darkwarrior03352]

I honestly have no idea why Mega Rayquaza is considered a Mega Evolution, because it's nothing like a Mega in practice.

[@alexwijaya6857]

I love Mega Mawile because she is cute and dangerous at the same time

[@LambiThor]

My favorite Mega has to be Mega Gardevoir, but specifically the shiny version. Seeing the white dress on normal Mega Gardevoir become black instead on the shiny, especially coupled with its red chest spike and blue instead of green was so cool to see the first time, and didn't stop being cool even after a long time of using it.

[@BepisQueen]

Lopunny is EASILY my favorite but I also love charizard y, Houndoom, Aggron, and Beedrill.

[@theTRUEelectrek]

Mega manetric has gotta be my pick for goofiest looking mega, but im glad you like it JPR :)

[@Sleepingfishie]

I wish some of these were just evolutions for the mons not megas

[@HesGotaGun505]

5:08 “ strategery “

[@kidwilks]

Camerupt becomes controlled by Babidi upon mega evolving, change my mind

[@originotsutsuki]

he needed it.

[@ExiILe00]

“How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?”

[@blawski6281]

aww heck nah bro forgor about the best Mega Diancie :

[@pussmagic1541]

Mate, Mega Diancie is my favourite Mega Evolution ever, period. Plus she's the only Mythical Pokemon and Kalosian Pokemon to get a Mega form. Her stunning designs helps her too. A bit biased, but I love gemstones and crystals and it's a big part that why Mega Diancie is my favourite Mega and Diancie herself is my second favourite Fairy-Type, Kalosian, Generation 6 and Mythical Pokemon overall (only behind Sylveon and Victini respectively) and my favourite Rock-Type Pokemon (though the Rockruff line are my second favourites).

[@nachobaeza]

I've always had a sweet spot for Mega Beedrill since I got a shiny Weedle and used it in a team. It was so good and so cool!

[@attilaszanto2275]

Mega Latias&Latios are truly the worst megas. Terrible designs. I guess the only real benefit to use them is, that mega stones can't be knocked off, so they'll take less damage from it (still super effective against them). But the saddest part is, that their speed doesn't change from 110, so they still can't outspeed Purugly, even after mega evolving.

[@arowosayetomilola6101]

My favorite is mega Septile. It's design is just👌

[@TheSh4dowgale]

What the heck is septile?

[@HybridHero]

This is why he didn’t join the pod

[@ej-epicjourney5351]

A man after my own heart, JPR. Absol has been my number 1 for years, and the mega just made him better.

[@Chtsht23]

Babe! Put the cereal bowl down! It’s JPR Friday!

[@timovos5371]

Fun you upload this one right after the champions league tierlist where you weren't present

[@BeeBeeBeeLol]

the fact that my favorite mega, a universally hated pokemon AND mega form, didn't make this list blows my mind. Mega Audino, while it should honestly just be its evolution is my favorite mega lol.

[@gavinaaric]

Happy JPR Friday

[@robertlupa8273]

Fun fact: In Gen 6, Mega Alakazam only increased the stats by 90 instead of the usual 100 because the devs forgot to adjust the stats when they buffed regular Alakazam's special defense. Another L for the beardo.

[@mattatoBTO]

Still so hurt that arcanine never got a mega

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Ah yes. The DLC to this week's pod with JPR's opinion.

[@VenomBurst]

im sad you didnt mention mega medicham. Its been one of my and my friend groups favorite. it helped me win multiple tournaments back in the day. Defense wise its not that strong but offence wise it brings a sledge hammer to the table. only issue i ever had with it was you have to build your whole team around it. But such an amazing mon.

[@Superman64GOTY]

Took out Steven's Mega Metagross with a Mega Beedrill with Drill Run on a mono-poison team, so he gets my vote.

[@DisturbedBroski]

Bro missed the pod so he decided to do it himself lol legend

[@Thx4daheadshots]

Mega Blaziken is the reason why I accepted the idea of mega evolution. Sadly i didnt play x and y but when ORAS was released and i saw mega sableye and sharpedo to top it off i wanted more megas. Still hoping for one for froslass just completely counterpart glaile and felt like butterfree should have one too to counterpart beedrill mega evolution.

[@Caun-88]

I'm a Mega Medicham fan. Just think it's neat. Also I can remember having a lot of fun using Mega Pinsir back in the day.

[@Voltorb1993]

I am mostly freally excited that we are probably getting some new Megas. Maybe we'll finally get that Mega Flygon! :D

[@coolgamerj.y.2759]

Best way to start off Summer vacation by watching JPR's Pokemon video~! Also my favorite Mega Evolution is Mega Gengar, Mega Scizor, Mega Sharpedo, and Mega Metagross.

[@thcleco5010]

mega garchomp reminds me of the ribot devil in futurama

[@Swaggy_JDJ]

The champs are gonna disagree with your picks according to their Pokemon Mega Evolution tier list podcast XD

[@Zenithal1843]

I’m sorry but Mega Manectric is much more goofy than Garchomp and Alakazam.

[@seangunnell9451]

Well, Swampert has been my personal favorite Poke'mon since Emerald. So, I've loved Swampert even before Mega Evolution. Lucario is another personal favorite of mine, but I don't think people liked Mega Lucario. But I do like the design for Primal Groudon! He looks so much more intimidating than before and the fire type matches well with Groudon's ability. And I think Mega Gardevoir was pretty broken. But Mega Pidgeot seems very forgettable. I don't think I even used Mega Pidgeot even once.

[@aaronlefebre5060]

My heart belongs to Mega Lopunny 100%. I'm hoping she makes a return in PLZA.

[@BLACKOUTBLOWBACK]

I love Mega Absol for one very specific reason. Pokemon Brick Bronze.

[@TheEmeraldTyrant]

KZbin snatched his audio

[@samcortez420]

Slowbro is my favorite monster pal and I have still yet to use mega Slowbro.

[@PkmnTrainerEmerald]

Wild list bro especially Slowbro lol I love Charizard Y more the dinosaur design is sick even before i started to use it competitively. You sure do break your rules in this best and worst video lol. Funny enough the slowpoke family also be getting a bunch of love from game freak almost as much as charizard. You have got to watch or at least read the manga of Dragonball haha If you do watch the show you really only need to watch dragonball then dragonball z as that is what the mangaka original did in his manga. Solid list overall bro! My favorite mega is hard to say but i'll say it's hard though Sceptile, metagross, and ray are all very close!

[@J.S.R.Berendsen]

Wy fave is Mega Lopunny, especially shiney!

[@dougdoug2469]

I remember battling Lysandre and how we were both down to our last Pokemon. All I had left was my Pangoro when he sent out his Gyarados and I was certain he had me beat...until he basically handed me the win when he made his Gyarados go to the dark side 😏

[@MagusAgrippa8]

Mega Blastoise is not good per se, but it will always have a place in my heart because it's one of my favorite starters and it was the ace of my team in Y.

[@idk_anymore1918]

I feel like mega camrupt would be great if they give it drought or better yet Desolate land, it being a litaral waking volcano would make it make sense and the 20 in speed would somewhat balance it.

[@leafamphii.]

so basically mega torkoal

[@DSmaster8585]

Im so happy we got this video! Jon wasnt present during the Ranking Megas pod, and I wanted to see his opinions too😂 (Also I can see why he didnt show up for the pod! Spoilers for this video😂)

[@mariskaajoy3899]

I love how your reasoning for Mega Manetric is that it isnt ridiculously overpowered, and then you demonstrate that with a lvl100 manetric on a lvl18 wingull😂😂yeah point proven

[@joeyteter9383]

Audino is my favorite mega of all. I know it’s at the bottom of most people’s lists but I love its design lol

[@zinniaq3020]

Pretty sure your views on mega garchomp is a hot take. Plus the fact that it loses 10 points in speed makes it extremely unpopular

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

People love Mega and want them back. The other gimmicks are just plain lame or boring in comparison. While Megas are not very balanced when talking competitive they are undeniably cool

[@nickwatkins7724]

Liking this video solely for the use of "strategery"

[@RODRIGOWOLF37]

I got to say that Mega Blastoise is oke of My favorite megas, i love it's design and when playing Pokémon X he was incredibly powerfull